Friday, 30 August 2013

Meanwhile, in China ...

Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday that 22 ethnic Uighurs were killed Aug. 20 when security forces opened fire at a house in a suburb of Kashgar.

The area, which lies close to
China's borders with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, has been a frequent
site of bloodshed between the dominant ethnic Han Chinese and Uighurs, a
Muslim minority.

Local sources verified the Radio Free Asia account to the Los Angeles
Times, saying the dead were buried before their families were notified
of their deaths. But they provided no further details.

The World Uyghur Congress, a Germany-based advocacy group, says that
it has documented a number of deadly incidents since March, some of
which were also reported by the official Chinese media. In all, they say
103 to 138 people have been killed and at least 125 arrested.

Funny how we aren't so concerned about the plight of the Uighurs as we are about other peoples who have had their land stolen, their culture suppressed and who are bullied into submission by totalitarian thuggery.